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The application of redemption
The application of redemption by the effectual work of the word, and spirit of Christ, for the bringing home of lost sinners to God ... by that faithful and known servant of Christ, Mr. Thomas Hooker ...
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1656
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
That, that power by which the Lord […] […] Application is an Almighty power.
That, that power by which the Lord 〈…〉 〈…〉 Application is an Almighty power.
This work of Application looks to God as the Author […] it, not in regard of any common […] […] ⟨p. 129⟩providence, whereby he leadeth out the act of every Creature's ability to it's end in all the several kinds […]: Acts, 17. 28. In him we live and move: The strong man faints if God withdraw, the weak is strong if God assist: Nor yet in regard of that […] which the Lord vouchsafeth to the work of grace […] wrought; But […] puts forth an Almighty power upon the soul when he is pleased to bring it home […] himself, the Cause is ordinary, but the Work it […] is extraordinary, there is a mass of Miracles met […] when a sinner is Converted: It was a Miracle when the Blind was made to See, the Dumb to Speak the Deaf to Hear, and the Dead to Live, but in […] all these are met together, the Blind mind is Enlightened, the Dumb mouth is Opened, the Heart […] was shut up under hardness is Opened and […], and the Dead soul is restored to Life again. Mat. […]. 5. That power whereby Christ was raised from […] dead is an Almighty power, but that he puts […] […] the working of faith in all that belong to him. Eph. […]. 18. His exceeding great power, according to the […] of his mighty power in you that believe, as […] wrought in Christ in raising him up from the dead: Hence the working of grace is called a Resurrection. Rev. 20, 6. John, 5. 20. The dead shall hear. […] voice of the Son of God, and they that hear shall […]. So again,